Re: problem building on AIX 4

Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to build coreutils-6.12.29-a16be on AIX 4.3.2. It was built > with autoconf 2.62. > > $ ./configure > ... > $ make > "Makefile", line 541: make: 1254-055 Dependency line needs colon or double > colon operator. > "Makefile", line 542: mak

misc/truncate-fail-diag, cp/thru-dangling, mkdir/selinux failures on HP-UX

Building coreutils-6.12.29-a16be on HP-UX 11.00, there are 3 failures. === 3 of 344 tests failed (47 tests were not run) See tests/test-suite.log Please report it to bug-coreutils@gnu.org ===

test framework and IRIX

On IRIX 6.5, coreutils-6.12.29-a16be has many test failures: FAIL: misc/help-version.log PASS: misc/invalid-opt.log FAIL: rm/cycle.log FAIL: chmod/no-x.log FAIL: chgrp/basic.log FAIL: rm/dangling-symlink.log FAIL: misc/ls-time.log FAIL: rm/deep-1.log FAIL: rm/deep-2.log FAIL: rm/dir-no-w.log FAIL:

Re: truncate-fail-diag failure on Solaris

Pádraig Brady wrote: > Solaris 10 gives an ENOTDIR error, while linux gives an EISDIR error. > I'm not sure what to do in this case. Probably just remove the second > truncate test in that file altogether. The test is useful. You could see whether the file name ends in '/' before you call open() o

Re: truncate-fail-diag failure on Solaris

Bruno Haible wrote: > Building coreutils 6.12.29-a16be on Solaris 7, with gcc 3.2.2. It fails > like this: > > === >GNU coreutils 6.12.29-a16be: tests/test-suite.log > === > > 1 of 344 t

group names with spaces

Hi, Building coreutils-6.12.29-a16be on the td152.testdrive.hp.com machine yields a test failure for me. Log attached below. In short, the problem is that GNU chown fails to parse a USER:GROUP specification if the GROUP contains spaces. $ id uid=90719(bhaible2) gid=513(Domain Users) groups=513(Do

problem building on AIX 4

Hi, I'm trying to build coreutils-6.12.29-a16be on AIX 4.3.2. It was built with autoconf 2.62. $ ./configure ... $ make "Makefile", line 541: make: 1254-055 Dependency line needs colon or double colon operator. "Makefile", line 542: make: 1254-055 Dependency line needs colon or double colon ope

truncate-fail-diag failure on Solaris

Building coreutils 6.12.29-a16be on Solaris 7, with gcc 3.2.2. It fails like this: === 1 of 344 tests failed (42 tests were not run) See tests/test-suite.log Please report it to bug-coreutils@gnu.org === =

Re: ls, chmod options to display or set ACLs?

Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On MacOS X, HP-UX, Solaris, the /bin/chmod program can set ACLs. [1] > On MacOX X, IRIX, the /bin/ls program has an option to display the contents of > ACLs. [2] Solaris 'ls' can also display ACLs; it's the -v and -V options. Please see

Re: ls, chmod options to display or set ACLs?

Hi Bruno, Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > I'm proposing to add an option to coreutils 'ls' to show the contents of ACLs, > and to coreutils 'chmod' to set or remove ACLs. > > Opinions? I like both ideas. ... > I would propose to make it platform independent, so that it can be docume

ls, chmod options to display or set ACLs?

Hi, As a simple user, I've wondered why setting the basic permissions and why setting specific permissions on a file would require understanding the options of two different programs: chmod vs. setfacl. Also, I find it annoying that 'ls' is able to show the presence of an ACL, through a '+' sign,

Re: Warning compiling with mingw

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Warning compiling with mingw

configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" configure: W

new snapshot available: coreutils-6.12.29-a16be

Here's a snapshot of the latest sources, both from coreutils and from gnulib. In coreutils proper, the only real news is the addition of two new programs, timeout and truncate, and the addition of the --quiet option for md5sum & co. However, in gnulib, Bruno Haible added comprehensive ACL support,